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How do Bulgarians crack their Easter eggs?

In Bulgaria, bright red colored eggs are a symbol of Easter, which are cracked after the Easter midnight service. One egg is cracked on the wall of the church, and this is the first egg eaten after the Bulgarians' long Great Fast. The ritual of cracking the eggs takes place before the Easter lunch. Each person selects an egg, and each takes a turn tapping their egg against the eggs of others. The person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of good luck.



This news arrived on: 08/22/2008
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08-28-2008 15:52
Evzone wrote:

Egg Cracking

I was raised in a Greek Orthodox home. I am familiar with this tradition as well. I think it is an Easter European tradition, not just Bulgaria, or as the other poster comment, Romania.

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08-28-2008 05:20
Octavia wrote:

Egg cracking in East Europe

Pls note that the egg cracking described is not done only in Bulgaria, but also in Romania and I'm sure it is done in other countries of East Europe too.

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